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Suzhou River (Chinese: 苏州河; pinyin: Sūzhōu Hé) is a 2000 Chinese romance film written and directed by Lou Ye, a tragic love story set in contemporary Shanghai. The film, though stylistically distinct, is typical of " Sixth Generation " Chinese filmmakers in its subject matter of contemporary China's gritty urban experience. [1]
Sep 27, 2001 · Suzhou River: Directed by Ye Lou. With Xun Zhou, Hongsheng Jia, Zhongkai Hua, Anlian Yao. After getting out of prison, small-time crook Mardar stumbles upon a woman who looks exactly like his long-lost lover.
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- Drama, Romance
- Ye Lou
- 2001-09-27
Feb 21, 2023 · A sleazy night-club operator hires Mardar to ferry a young woman named Moudan (who’s also played by Zhou Xun) back and forth between the homes of her dissolute father and her aunt—and, in the...
Mar 16, 2023 · Suzhou River is narrated by a largely unseen, anonymous videographer ( Hua Zhongkai) whose stenciled advertisements for his business are ever-present on the faded, crumbling facades of the waterfront’s abandoned buildings.
- Lee Jutton
Suzhou River. Directed by Lou Ye • 2000 • China. Starring Zhou Xun, Jia Hongsheng, Nai An. A landmark of Sixth Generation Chinese filmmaking, Lou Ye’s international breakthrough reworks elements of VERTIGO and film noir into an impressionistic wash of dreamy images and intoxicating romanticism.
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a time stamped love story to the ever-changing landscape of shanghai, suzhou river is a dreamy concoction of hitchcockian mystery and wong kar-wai’s aesthetics. showing a different narrative of chinese cinema than the previous generation of filmmakers, lou ye ignites a melancholic spark in the urban grit of the city’s margins.